1. The editor decided to ________ the article, fearing it might ________ a wave of litigation from the conglomerate.

2. Such was the ________ of the evidence that even the most ________ of defense attorneys would find it difficult to ________.

3. The company’s financial records were ________ by the auditors, who discovered several ________ discrepancies.

4. Little did the board suspect that the CEO had been ________ the company's funds to ________ his lavish lifestyle.

5. Were the proposal to ________, it would ________ a major blow to the city’s urban development plans.

6. The witness’s testimony was ________ as a ________ attempt to ________ the jury’s attention from the lack of physical evidence.

7. On no account ________ the safety protocols be ________, as the consequences of a breach could be ________.

8. The news of the scandal has ________ a ________ in the public’s trust in the government.

9. Hardly had the ________ been announced when the ________ erupted in a ________ of boos and catcalls.

10. The manager was accused of ________ his staff’s ________ for his own personal gain.

11. The ________ of the new tax laws was met with ________ from small business owners.

12. Had the board been ________ of the ________ of the situation, they might have acted with more ________.

13. The judge’s ________ was met with ________ from the legal community, who found the ruling ________.

14. So ________ was the ________ of the witness that it left the jury ________ in their deliberation.

15. Under no circumstances ________ ________ information be ________ to any third party.

16. The legislative body sought to ________ the ________ to better ________ for the needs of the elderly.

17. Never before ________ the ________ of the law been so blatantly ________ by the ruling elite.

18. The ________ injunction was granted to prevent the ________ of the disputed property.

19. The firm’s ________ to ________ with the audit resulted in a ________ of its trading license.

20. Scarcely had the ________ been initiated when the ________ party filed a ________.

21. The attorney’s ________ analysis ________ the ________ flaws in the prosecution's logic.

22. On no account ________ the ________ of ________ be circumvented during the interrogation.

23. The defendant’s ________ was ________ by the fact that he had no ________.

24. Only upon a ________ ________ can the contract be terminated without ________.

25. Such was the ________ of the ________ that the government was forced to declare a ________.